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I understand Emmett was too young in the last chapter to be speaking like that so thanks for pointing that out guys, he was supposed to be older but I was worried that they were too old for Halloween, guess I mucked that up. I changed it to twelve now :P (hope that's old enough)

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Chapter 13

Did she hear?

I was still in shock.

Bella loved me!

Wow.

That was the last thing I would have expected.

She always acted...well like Bella. Sure she would blush when I smiled or complimented her but that was just Bella for you. Maybe it really was something more.

Emmett quickly ran to the VCR and took out the video.

"Umm guys..." He looked really nervous, probably fearing what would happen when the girls found out we watched it. "Let's pretend this never happened."

"No." I said. "How can I forget that my best friend had a crush on me all those years? Em, it's not something you can ignore easily."

"Yeah, well it may not be easy for you but it's as sure as hell easier for all of us than facing three angry chicks. Don't be selfish. It was a mistake and let's just leave it at that."

"I need to talk to Bella about this and apologise," I sighed and ran my hand through my hair, "maybe then we could get this mess sorted out."

Jasper looked at me sympathetically. "Yeah it could help. If we just solved these problems then we could be like what we were before all this mess."

"Yeah and then afterwards we could ride off into the sunset on our unicorns into a Utopian society full of happiness and joy, where we could all hold hands and sing songs together and then maybe, while we're at it, we can help the Grinch learn the true meaning of Christmas." Emmett laughed bitterly, "I don't think so Jasper."

Jasper stood up from his seat. "What's wrong with you?"

"What's wrong with me? Hmm, let's see." Emmett started to count of things with his fingers. "Well, first of all Mr High-and-mighty thought he was better than us and went off with the school whores, preferring their STD company to our own, he turned his back on us and treated Bella like shit, he treated her like a...well I was going to say a dog but that is Tanya's title."

I cringed at the reminder of Tanya.

Apparently Emmett wasn't finished as he continued to speak, "And then he goes and starts a fight at a party and calls Bella all these harsh names. You beat up her boyfriend and, here is the best bit, suddenly you have an epiphany, you have seen the light, you were wrong and have redeemed your ways, which I highly doubt, you're sorry and you want Bella to forgive you. But do you know what, Bella has finally moved on, she hasn't got that huge crush on you anymore, she is finally happy with her boyfriend and she doesn't need you to come back and complicate her life again. Just leave her and let her live her life, she doesn't need you anymore!"

I was silent after he was finished and I waited for him to calm down. When I was pretty sure he wasn't going to come after me and beat the shit out of me, I finally spoke. "I'm going to make it up to her."

Emmett sighed loudly, "Damn it Edward. Why won't you listen to me? Just leave her the heck alone. She doesn't need you!"

"But I need her." And I did, I couldn't imagine a life without her, she meant too much to me.

"Listen, you messed up, give her time. Don't interfere and ruin things further. I don't want to see her hurt and it's very likely that you will."

"How many times do I have to say this, I don't want to hurt her!" I shouted.

"You may not want to but you probably will. It's better to just leave it."

"But you saw that video..." I started but Emmett interrupted me.

"Yes. I did but that was the past, this is the present and she got over it, it's time you did too."

I was about to reply but the front door to the house slammed closed and the rumble of a truck was heard getting further and further away. Not just any truck, Bella's truck.

I swear I felt my face pale, I looked at Emmett and notice him and Jasper weren't looking too good either.

Please, dear god, tell me she didn't hear any of this. I knew it would only make things worse and that our relationship, which was already on shaky grounds, would collapse.

I sighed and decided that I would only be denying the inevitable if I just stayed down here and did nothing. "Come on guys! I am not going upstairs by myself."

Emmett looked at me shocked. "Upstairs! Man, are you suicidal? That's where Rosalie and Alice are! They will kill us if they find out what that we watched that video."

"But you put it in the VCR. Not us." Jasper accused.

"Yeah but they won't care, they only care for the hunt. They're one of those ask questions later people. And if I go down I'm taking you all down with me!"

Jasper shook his head in disappointment. "That's low man. Even for you."

Emmett grinned. "Survival of the fittest."

I heard footsteps coming down the stairs. Rosalie and Alice.

"Guys..." I started.

"I'm not taking the blame for your idiocy." Jasper interrupted.

They obviously hadn't heard Rosalie and Alice yet and if they don't keep quite soon then we are in big trouble.

"Well how was I supposed to know what was on the tape?" Emmett asked.

"Well..."

"Guys!" I shouted.

"See! It's not my fault." Emmett smiled smugly. "I obviously had no clue that I picked out a video of Bella professing her love for Edward."

"YOU WHAT!?" Alice shrieked loudly.

Emmett's smug smile quickly fell and he visibly paled.

"Hello Alice." He smiled tightly. "Ummm...lovely weather we're having today."

Alice, obviously not fooled, glared. "It's raining."

Emmett looked outside quickly. "Ah so it is. Hardly surprising for where we live. And I do find the rain refreshing and...."

Rosalie obviously had enough of his rambling. "Emmett, what video were you watching?"

"Well umm...you know...PORN!" Emmett shouted.

"Porn?!" Rosalie asked incredulously.

"Haha, yeah...teenage boys, hormones and all that." He chuckled nervously.

WTF?! Dig us all a bigger hole to get out of.

"Yeah I'm sure. Well that sounds kind of weird since we happened to hear you saying that you watched a video of 'Bella professing her love for Edward'."

"Well whatever video you watched, both ways, you're dead." Rosalie threatened. "Now would you tell us the truth!"

"Oh for heavens sakes!" Jasper shouted. "Yeah he did put in the video with Bella sharing her feelings for Edward! Dear god, Emmett be a man and grow a backbone."

"I am a man!" Emmett protested. "Ask Rosalie, she would know." He wiggled his eyebrows suggestively at her.

Her mouth twitched slightly as she fought against a smile. Even when angry she couldn't resist him.

"So then, what happened after you watched it?" Alice asked.

"Well we think she kind of...ummm...found out we watched the video." Jasper trailed off at the end.

"Found out how?"

"Well we were arguing...."

"I beg to differ; we weren't arguing, we were passionately debating over conflicting opinions." Emmett smiled broadly at his input.

Jasper sighed. "...And then we heard the door slam and Bella's truck drive away."

Suddenly I felt hopeful. "What if Bella didn't hear? I mean she couldn't have been down here for long."

Alice looked unsure. "I don't know. She went downstairs about 5 minutes before we came downstairs."

Well that crushed that hope.

"So what are you going to do?" Emmett asked.

Alice smiled. "WE are going to see Bella and speak to her about it."

Emmett smiled back. "While WE stay here and hold up the fort! I like that idea!"

Alice's smiled faded. "Ah, naïve Emmett. By WE I mean all of us. So get your ass up, we are going to see Bella."

Emmett got up and went outside to his Jeep muttering under his breath.

"I'm surprised you didn't go after Bella straight after she left." Jasper said to Alice.

"Yeah, don't you usually go after her and make sure she stays with you. Five minutes away from you is an awful long time for you guys." Something just didn't add up.

Alice looked over at Rosalie nervously. "Well ummmm, we were busy talking about...girl things."

"Like what?" I asked.

"Umm...Periods, tampons, must I go on." Alice smiled innocently.

"Okay, whatever, that's enough info for me." Jasper said uncomfortably.

I knew there was more to this than it seemed but I decided to let it go for now. Now we just needed to speak to Bella.

We piled into the Jeep and drove to Bella's house, each one of us were wrapped up in our own thoughts.

We soon reached the house and walked slowly to the front door and Rosalie banged her fist on the door.

We waited for about a minute before Rosalie got impatient. She knocked again and when she didn't get an answer she was not impatient but angry. "Bella I swear if you do not open this door I will knock it down. I am not joking!" She screamed while pounding on the door.

"Maybe she's not in." Alice said.

Emmett shrugged. "Her truck's here."

"What if she's hurt, you know Bella, she might have tripped and hit her head on the stairs! Maybe she has a concussion or something." I started to get really panicked thinking of all the horrific possibilities, Bella was very prone to accidents.

"Relax dude. She's probably fine."

Alice bent down and picked up the spare key that was hidden under the welcome mat.

"Wow, how original. A key there of all places" Emmett snorted, "Amateur hiding place." He started to look scared as his brain began to churn something over. "And very unsafe; what if some random hooligan came around feeling in the mood to rob someone and happened to come across this house and they decided "oohh this looks like a lovely place to rob" and they use the key that's conveniently placed under there and enter the house and then Bella happens to be there and she comes across the robber and then she screams and the robber panics and stabs her with a knife he carried with him. Oh dear god! She needs to hide the key better!"

Rosalie sighed. "Always the drama queen."

Emmett looked offended. "I'm just thinking practically, something you should be doing. I am foreseeing the possible outcomes of someone's stupidity that can lead to vast consequences."

Jasper snickered. "Drama queen."

"Fine!" Emmett stomped his foot and took the key off of Alice to open the door. He stepped inside, "Honey I'm home." He grinned. "Sorry, I've always wanted to do that."

"Sounds like no one's here." Jasper said.

Alice walked into the kitchen and walked back in waving a piece of paper triumphantly. "Looks like someone is out on a date with a certain French beau."

Rosalie went over to Alice and snatched the note out of her hands and began reading it. "Gone out with Gabe; will be back later, food in the fridge. Love Bella."

"Why didn't she tell us?" Alice asked angrily. "I would have gotten her ready."

"Must of been a last thing Al." Jasper said.

Alice frowned. "So what do we do now?"

"Well apparently there is some food in the fridge, so I will just go and help myself." Emmett stated happily. He skipped into the kitchen.

"That's for Charlie!" Jasper shouted following him into the kitchen. They continued arguing while we stood in the hallway.

"I guess we just wait for her to come back." I said.

Great, more time to worry about this. I could only hope she won't be too angry.

A.N- Okay I felt really bad about not updating for such a long time so I didn't do my homework just so I could write this for you lot. I know it's short and not that great but it's better than nothing right?

I will try really hard to write the next chapter soon but I really do have a lot of work and tests so please be patient. I feel so bad about it, I'm so sorry.

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